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A few months ago, TV personality Andrew Zimmern was spotted in both Atlanta and Athens filming segments for a season 3 episode of Appetite For Life.  A4L is an online “TV” show that focuses on Southern food and culture.  After a few months editing, the Atlanta episode is now available online.

The episode includes lots of stops, tons of good articles, recipes, photos, and interactive maps for your perusal.  For the trip, Zimmern stopped in at a UGA tailgate with Mike “Big Dawg” Woods, visited The Varsity, delivered meals to those in need, and dipped in at Blind Willie’s.  I’ve taken the liberty of linking to and embedding all the goodness … check it out, after the jump!

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Andrew Zimmern is known as the guy who will eat anything.  Appetite for Life is his new web show featuring the “best in Southern culture.”  It turns out, Zimmern filmed a bit for the show while tailgating in Athens before the Georgia vs. USC game.

As the crew cavorted around the UGA campus, they managed to snag some shots with The Big Dawg, catch some real tailgating ‘cue, and tasted BBQ venison.  On their way back through town, Zimmern and the Appetite for Life gang stopped of at The Varsity for some rings, burgers, and chili slaw dogs.

I’m not sure when the episode will air, but if you want to get a glimpse of some behind the scenes action, check out this little video that shows Zimmern doing some mugging up for the camera.  So watch this and then go check out the Appetite for Life website.

Hey gang, I just wanted to let you know that you’re going to start seeing that cool little logo a bit more ‘round these parts.  RoamingHunger.com, the first nationwide food cart/truck tracker, has just landed in Atlanta.  We’ve joined forces to help y’all stay on top of all things street food as they happen here in the Dirty South.

Roaming Hunger launched in 2009 in an attempt to help people all over the country track down their favorite mobile craving.  Since then, the site has been featured all over the internet (Fox News, SF Weekly, Fast Company, GrubStreet, etc…).  Most recently, they were one of the media sponsors for the Los Angeles Street Food Fest (website) followed by an excursion with Andrew Zimmern of the Travel Channel.  You should definitely check out the Zimmern recap, he was there filming a segment for Appetite For Life.

As for the site itself, it’s a great resource!  The site gives you the twitter stream, maps, menus, pictures, and social media links for any vendor listed on the site.  We’ve already added the King of Pops and surprise surprise … he has a like! (Guess who?).

An Atlanta section is in the works, so in the meantime, you should definitely check out the blog and like us on facebook!!!!  In fact, I’m sure I’ll pop up from time to time on the RH blog, so definitely mark that down (cuz you don’t get enough of me … right?).  Before I forget, you should definitely follow @RoamingATL on twitter where I’ll be dropping lots of good street food news.  It’s separate from the Foodie Buddha twitter feed, so even if you follow me there, adding RoamingATL isn’t a bad idea!

As two of Atlanta’s cutest bloggers would say: this is kind of a big deal!